Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-26
CHAPLAIN McCABE'S DREAM:
Or A City Without A Church.
By Rev. A. w. Mckinney.

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went away and as Ijonrneyed
! through the land / could not believe
my eyes. Peace and plenty smiled
every where. The jails were all emp
ty, the penitenii aries we're without
occupants. The police of great cit
les were idle and the judges sat in
the court oo.ns with nothing to do
Buiidings which had betn crowds d
| criminals were turned iuto manufac
turing Establishments. AT this time
the President of tie United States
called fJr thank giving. 1 attend \
ed church iii the Presbyterian COZ,
gregati1u. the PIE .cber dwelt upon
The changed condition OF affairs. As
he went I II and gave reasons for de-
vout thanksgiving. | saw one old
deacon clap his handkei chief ov,r
hls mouth to keep from shouting
out right. An old sister could moi
hold iD, Lut shouted out ''glory TO
God for l, gersolvilIe Tue whole
country was almcst d -lircns with Y.
Gre at processiols Of children swept
along the highw " singing
''Wp'l1 NOT oVa IN tho Pihla
Gods blessed word of truth"
Vast number Of reformed daun1-
ards, y ith their wives and children
gathered In the open air. No build
Ing could hold them, | thought
was ln one meeting where Bl>ho.
Simpson preached and at tie close
mighty shout went up so that the
cath rang az Tin. O., it WIS wonder
ful Then we all stood up and sang,
An hail the power of Jesus name
Let angels PROSTATE fall
Bring fourth the royal diadem
And crown him Lord of ALL
The SIX months being we'll nigh
ended, [ made my way back to In
gerso lvlle. A dreadful silence
relgned over the city only now and
tl.en broken by the sharp crack of
a revolver. Isaw na1 busy trying
to g in at the gate, but when he
found he could not, he got a l,ng
ladder an got up on the top of the
wall, and the first person he shout
ed Hello there!' y What is the price
OF real estate 10 Ingersolville ?"
"Nothing" replei the man "You
can have all you want if you will only
take it and pay the taxes" "What
we've had to build forty new jai,s
and fourteen penitentiaries, lun-
attic asylum and orphan asylums and
in every ward. We have had to dis
baad the public schools and take up
the revenue to keep up the police
force" ''Where is my OLD friend In
gersol "said,the man. He is here
going around with q subscri ption
paper to build church. They Lave
gotten up u pstition for to send ont
aud get lot of preachers TO come,
and Loll revival services. If we can
ct them over the wall We kops
there is future for Ingersolvill ;"
The six molths endsd. But in
stead of trying to open the gate.
hole was dug under the wall just big
enough for a man to gst through.
First came two banklupt editors,
next colonel himself, ih.n ths
whole population crawlai through.
Then | thought some how gre at
crowds of chris tans surrounded the
city There Were Moody and Ham
mond aad oihsrs and they struck
up singing together Come " sin
ners poor and needy'-a needier
crowd was never seen on earth be-
fore.
| conversed with some Of the ins
habtants OF the abandoned city, and
[ asked one old man if he believed in
hell III !, replied. 81 have been there
on probation six months and l
don't want to join I knew by tlis
that he was an old Methodist back
slider.